I like the finishing hole being a par 5 but it's a good point to make it par 70

Otwp I've got the track man all set up, when you coming down

18 needs to be a 5, IMO.

1 and 15 could both be moved up to be long 500-525 Par 4's and the hole design would still shine.

Re-injured the back early this month - outside shot I start swinging again tomorrow.

So with that said - pick a time in July and I'll be there. School starts back up in early August.

Did you buy new or get a good deal on a used one?

I've enjoyed Darren Clarke commentating.

I got a used one for now I borrowed from a pro buddy.

I'm eventually hoping for a new one but a bit pricey.
But I'd like to get a chance to get together and play in July. Im pretty busy with eeekend stuff but we'll get something set up.

Erin Hills looks like a goat ranch muni.

While the course is aesthetically pleasing, its design leaves a lot to be desired, IMO. When you design a course and make the fairways 60+ yards wide and have large greens, it eliminates almost any need to shape a shot. Everyone can play a stock shot, because even if they cut the fairway in half, they still have 30 yards of landing area.

Again, the shaved areas look nice, but they aren't terribly difficult to navigate for great players with the modern ball, that can bounce twice and check on pitch shots.

And moving up the par 5s to 4s doesn't automatically add a stroke above par for everyone else. At this point, the lead may have been a bunch of guys at -5 (and now around -7, heading for -10) than -7.

Ultimately, this course does not challenge anyone off the tee with the driver, and as such, it's not a complete test of golf. Even Augusta is much more demanding off the tee than Erin Hills.

Idiot.

Great tournament so far. So many guys tied for the lead. Hard to pick a winner.

And now Justin Thomas has five feet to shoot nine under, which has never happened at a US Open. Four other guys shot -7 in the same tournament, also never happened.

This course just isn't a US Open quality setup.

Moron.

Four of the five lowest scores in relation to par after 54 holes in history are in this tournament alone.

Let Erin Hills host the Greater Milwaukee Open and leave the Opens to courses that have more than one form of defense.

Oh, and fire Mike Davis.

There was too much scoring today... made for a whirlwind round though. I will say Thomas made some sick shots. He legit played great today. Made a circus putt on 5, a clutch putt on 17 and that 3 wood into the green on 18 was ridiculous.

I wasn't alive to see it, but I know Johnny Miller's 63 was on a rain soaked course. Sometimes you just get burned. Hopefully the course dries out a bit tomorrow. USGA just can't win. The last few years they've been criticized for tricking up the courses too much. Now it's gone the other way. The year after Miller's 63 was the massacre at Winged Foot though, I wonder if they'll go back to trying to make the courses impossible again.

Great scoring day and course for the PGA championship. I prefer a tough us open.